Balakrishnan Rajagopal
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MIT Professor of Law and Development;
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to adequate housing (2020-2026); Personal views on global affairs and law.
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to adequate housing (2020-2026); Personal views on global affairs and law.
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Historic and comprehensive defeat for republicans and Trump. But not sure that all parts of the Trump agenda would be repudiated by Democrats whether on tariffs or border security. But they should aim to stop wars, hold Israel to account, and deliver immediate economic relief to Americans including on health care and housing. That’s the mandate the Democrats have received. nytimes.com/2026/11/04/us/… via @NYTimes uding on health care and housing. That’s the mandate the Democrats have received. nytimes.com/2026/11/04/us/… via @NYTimes
www.nytimes.com How a Democratic Blue Wave Delivered a Republican Wipeout in a Rebuke to Trump Republicans lost control of the House and Senate as voters offered a stinging rebuke to President Trump’s agenda. 
www.linkedin.com #highered #academicfreedom | Scholars at Risk The SAR US General Assembly is almost two weeks away! Join partners across the #highered community and beyond from November 12-14 at UChicago to explore pressures on #academicfreedom and how we can... This hooliganism cannot pass as diplomacy and if ‘this is America’, with all due respect, it is time for the world to take the UN elsewhere.
Mike Waltz, US envoy to UN, is confused as he shouts at Cuban diplomats, saying: "This is America!" but the UN is international territory: UN 101View quoted post on X
Viva Lula! Viva Brazil! Viva people’s power!
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came from behind to win Brazil’s runoff election, halting a right-wing wave sweeping Latin America and defying predictions that the 80-year-old political veteran had finally reached the end of his extraordinary career. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…View quoted post on X
